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chr1s60 said:
You can find lightning cables for cheaper than Apple charges pretty much any day. And didn't Macrumors recently posted an article saying something like 90% of non Apple chargers fail or don't work properly?
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cheap cable's are unreliable and potentially even dangerous,same applies to chargers.
But Anker is a great,quality brand.definitely relible and they stand behind their products.
I recommend Anker products too.
 
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ryanwarsaw said:
Not sure why you would need these because you found a new iDevice under the tree? They all come with the charging cable in the box. About the only thing you might want if you got Airpods as a gift is a charging plug for the wall.
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Because people might want one for the car or office or multiple places in their home or to keep in a travel kit. Also people lose them and need a replacement.
 
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Perhaps it doesn't matter, but are Apple's lightning cables still USB-2, or have they finally upgraded them to be USB-3?
 
Chupa Chupa said:
Because people might want one for the car or office or multiple places in their home or to keep in a travel kit. Also people lose them and need a replacement.
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Hmmm okay. To me it seems like an ad and I don't have a problem with that as sites like this need to make money. Anybody with any amount of Apple devices has more cables than they know what to do with already. So I am not buying that people really have some need to buy this product because they got a new iPad for Christmas.

It comes with a cable anyway. I use my iPad cable and charger for all my iDevices.

I respect the need for Macrumors to make money but this isn't an article with any substance it is a product placement. If people just need a cable to replace one that is missing, there was no need for this article to market the cables as something that would be beneficial to those who have received a new iDevice under the tree.

The main body of the article makes no compelling case except for inserting clickable links in into the article itself. Merry Christmas, I don't need a cable unless it is lightning to USB-C or an adapter for USB-A to USB-C.

This was a lazy ill conceived article for MR to put out before the Christmas holiday. Solution looking for a problem to put it politely.
 
Marx55 said:
"Apple charges $19 for its 1-meter Lightning to USB charging cable, but you can save yourself $13 by purchasing an Apple-certified 0.9-meter Anker Lightning to USB charging cable for just $5.99 on Amazon. "

Then, why are Apple cables so expensive (3,17 times more expensive)? Same for SSD, RAM, etc.
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Many strange things can happen when a company has monopoly control over their products.
 
ryanwarsaw said:
Hmmm okay. To me it seems like an ad and I don't have a problem with that as sites like this need to make money. Anybody with any amount of Apple devices has more cables than they know what to do with already. So I am not buying that people really have some need to buy this product because they got a new iPad for Christmas.

It comes with a cable anyway. I use my iPad cable and charger for all my iDevices.

I respect the need for Macrumors to make money but this isn't an article with any substance it is a product placement. If people just need a cable to replace one that is missing, there was no need for this article to market the cables as something that would be beneficial to those who have received a new iDevice under the tree.

The main body of the article makes no compelling case except for inserting clickable links in into the article itself. Merry Christmas, I don't need a cable unless it is lightning to USB-C or an adapter for USB-A to USB-C.

This was a lazy ill conceived article for MR to put out before the Christmas holiday. Solution looking for a problem to put it politely.
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Do you really have nothing better to do on Christmas that make pointless arguments about something so petty as an article about a good deal on cables?

Maybe you can aspire in 2017 to become a MR editor so you can control what is posted.
 
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ryanwarsaw said:
Hmmm okay. To me it seems like an ad and I don't have a problem with that as sites like this need to make money. Anybody with any amount of Apple devices has more cables than they know what to do with already. So I am not buying that people really have some need to buy this product because they got a new iPad for Christmas.

It comes with a cable anyway. I use my iPad cable and charger for all my iDevices.

I respect the need for Macrumors to make money but this isn't an article with any substance it is a product placement. If people just need a cable to replace one that is missing, there was no need for this article to market the cables as something that would be beneficial to those who have received a new iDevice under the tree.

The main body of the article makes no compelling case except for inserting clickable links in into the article itself. Merry Christmas, I don't need a cable unless it is lightning to USB-C or an adapter for USB-A to USB-C.

This was a lazy ill conceived article for MR to put out before the Christmas holiday. Solution looking for a problem to put it politely.
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MR doesn't only cater to you pal. People want spare cables that are good and not expensive. How can you consistently use 1 cable and the end not fall off? I need new cables every 2 or 3 months and that's with Apple cables. You can search for the cables and adapters you want anywhere, why are you so upset other people might want something that you don't?
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dmylrea said:
Do you really have nothing better to do on Christmas that make pointless arguments about something so petty as an article about a good deal on cables?

Maybe you can aspire in 2017 to become a MR editor so you can control what is posted.
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He's sitting in his cave high above whoville just loving life haha
 
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chr1s60 said:
You can find lightning cables for cheaper than Apple charges pretty much any day. And didn't Macrumors recently posted an article saying something like 90% of non Apple chargers fail or don't work properly?
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It's a great way to invite fires into your mundane existence.
 
chr1s60 said:
You can find lightning cables for cheaper than Apple charges pretty much any day. And didn't Macrumors recently posted an article saying something like 90% of non Apple chargers fail or don't work properly?
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But they’re getting getting paid for the clicks.

This is just like Walgreens selling cigarettes yet at the same time celling nicotine patches.

“Yeah, we know it’s no good for you, but hey, we’ll sell it to you because we make money off of it!"
 
Look how beautifully Anker's speaker goes with my echo dot. It's like they were made to be together.
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WarHeadz said:
Look how beautifully Anker's speaker goes with my echo dot. It's like they were made to be together.
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I can't wait to get a home assistant. I wonder if the amazon setup can use external microphones? Can you wire in multiple speakers easily? I'm wanting to have hidden speakers and mics in multiple rooms using 1 main device. Do you know if that's possible?
 
WRChris said:
I can't wait to get a home assistant. I wonder if the amazon setup can use external microphones? Can you wire in multiple speakers easily? I'm wanting to have hidden speakers and mics in multiple rooms using 1 main device. Do you know if that's possible?
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Not with this generation. The echo dot can only be connected to one external speaker. The idea is supposed to be that the echo dot is so cheap you can put one in every room and they all communicate with eachother. I got mine for $39 on Black Friday.
 
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